For example, Ramaphosa said he was shocked and outraged when load-shedding returned several weeks ago. He also said he was disappointed about the state of the railways and that "heads will roll" over the failures of Prasa, but then took little action to address it.

One caller complained that Ramaphosa was always "shocked about everything" and said that the president was locked away "in his palace".

Another caller admitted that the president was not responsible for everything his party did, but said it was unacceptable that he had not yet commented publicly on the new corruption allegations against Ace Magashule, Briefly.co.za has gathered.